[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 163 (Friday, August 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 49829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19997]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8838]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Bouquets: French Still-Life Painting From Chardin to 
Matisse,'' ``Van Gogh, Manet and Matisse: The Art of the Flower at 
VMFA'' and ``Working Among Flowers: Floral Still Life Painting in 
Nineteen-Century France'' Exhibitions

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 objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``Bouquets: French Still-Life Painting from 
Chardin to Matisse'' at the Dallas Museum of Art; the exhibition ``Van 
Gogh, Manet and Matisse: The Art of the Flower at VMFA'' at the 
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the exhibition ``Working Among 
Flowers: Floral Still Life Painting in Nineteen-Century France'' at the 
Denver Art Museum, imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within 
the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are 
imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or 
custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the 
exhibit objects at the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, from on or 
about October 26, 2014, until on or about February 8, 2015; at the 
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, from on or about March 22, 
2015, until on or about June 21, 2015 and at the Denver Art Museum, 
Denver, CO, from on or about July 19, 2015, until on or about October 
11, 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 objects, 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: August 14, 2014.
 Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2014-19997 Filed 8-21-14; 8:45 am]
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