[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 135 (Wednesday, July 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 41545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17366]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9191]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks From Switzerland, The 
Staechelin & Im Obersteg Collections'' Exhibition

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 ``Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks from 
Switzerland, The Staechelin & Im Obersteg Collections,'' imported from 
abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of 
cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a loan 
agreement with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that 
the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The Phillips 
Collection, Washington, District of Columbia, from on or about October 
10, 2015, until on or about January 10, 2016, 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 imported objects, contact the Office of Public Diplomacy 
and Public Affairs in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department 
of State (telephone: 202-632-6471; email: [email protected]). The 
mailing address is U.S. Department of State, L/PD, SA-5, Suite 5H03, 
Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: July 2, 2015.
Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-17366 Filed 7-14-15; 8:45 am]
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