[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 238 (Monday, December 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 66195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29719]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[PUBLIC NOTICE 6848]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern 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 ``Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern 
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 Museum of Modern Art, New York, from on or about April 11, 2010, 
until on or about June 28, 2010; the Art Institute of Chicago, from on 
or about July 24, 2010, until on or about October 3, 2010; the San 
Francisco Museum of Modern Art, from on or about November 6, 2010, 
until on or about January 30, 2011; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 
from on or about February 16, 2011, until on or about May 15, 2011, and 
at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is 
in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these 
Determinations be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6469). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: December 3, 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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