[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 105 (Thursday, May 31, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 32168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13217]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7906]


Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of 
Willem van Aelst''

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice, correction.

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SUMMARY: On February 22, 2012, notice was published on page 10599 of 
the Federal Register (volume 77, number 35) of determinations made by 
the Department of State pertaining to the exhibition ``Elegance and 
Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst.'' The 
referenced notice is corrected here to include one additional object as 
part of the exhibition. 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 
additional object to be included in the exhibition ``Elegance and 
Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst,'' imported 
from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, is of 
cultural significance. The additional 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 National 
Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, from on or about June 24, 2012, until 
on or about October 14, 2012, 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 
description of the additional object, 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: May 23, 2012.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-13217 Filed 5-30-12; 8:45 am]
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