[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 7739]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Woman in Blue, Against Blue Water'' by Edvard Munch

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, and 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 ``Woman 
in Blue, Against Blue Water'' by Edvard Munch, 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 owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition 
or display of the exhibit object at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New 
York, N.Y., from on or about January 9, 2012, until on or about January 
9, 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, contact Ona 
M. Hahs, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department 
of State (telephone: (202) 632-6473). The mailing address is U.S. 
Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, 
DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: December 19, 2011.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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