[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 243 (Monday, December 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 78716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32412]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 7733]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Hilda With Bluebells''

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. 236-3 
of August 28, 2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 
257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the object to be 
included in the exhibition ``Hilda with Bluebells,'' imported from 
abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, is of 
cultural significance. The object is imported pursuant to a loan 
agreement with the foreign owner or custodian. I also determine that 
the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at The Metropolitan 
Museum of Art, New York, NY, from on or about January 10, 2012, until 
on or about January 10, 2014, 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 an 
art object list, contact Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 
Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: (202) 632-6467). 
The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, Fifth 
Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: December 12, 2011.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2011-32412 Filed 12-16-11; 8:45 am]
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