[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 238 (Monday, December 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 66194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29716]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6849]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Renoir in the 20th Century''

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 
(79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 
1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 
Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority No. 236 
of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of 
April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``Renoir in the 20th Century,'' imported 
from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of 
cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan 
agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that 
the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Los Angeles 
County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Ca, from on or about February 14, 
2010, until on or about May 9, 2010; at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 
Philadelphia, PA, from on or about June 12, 2010, to on or about 
September 5, 2010; and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet 
to be determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these 
Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: 202/632-6473). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
5, L/PD, Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: December 1, 2009.
Maura M. Pally,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, 
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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