[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 8943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3554]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 7798]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Rembrandt's Self-Portrait''

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 to be 
included in the exhibition ``Rembrandt's Self-Portrait,'' imported from 
abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, is of 
cultural significance. The object is imported pursuant to loan 
agreements 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, NY from on or about April 5, 2012 until on or 
about May 28, 2012; and, as part of an exhibition called 
``Gainsborough, Rembrandt, Van Dyck: The Treasures of Kenwood House, 
London,'' the further display of the object at the Museum of Fine Arts, 
Houston from on or about June 3, 2012 until on or about September 4, 
2012; the Milwaukee Art Museum from on or about October 4, 2012 until 
on or about January 6, 2013; the Seattle Art Museum from on or about 
February 14, 2013 until on or about May 19, 2013; and the Arkansas Art 
Center from on or about June 6, 2013 until on or about September 9, 
2013; 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 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: February 9, 2012.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-3554 Filed 2-14-12; 8:45 am]
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