[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 64373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25832]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8064]


Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Erotic Gold: The Art and Life of Bartholom[auml]us 
Spranger 1546-1611''

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 ``Erotic Gold: The Art and Life of 
Bartholom[auml]us Spranger 1546-1611,'' 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 conservation 
and examination of the object at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New 
York, NY, from on or about November 10, 2012, until on or about 
November 3, 2014, and the exhibition or display of the exhibit object 
at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, from on or about November 4, 2014, 
until on or about February 1, 2015, 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 object, 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: October 15, 2012.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-25832 Filed 10-18-12; 8:45 am]
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