[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 181 (Friday, September 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 56532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23634]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9279]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks From Switzerland, The 
Staechelin & Im Obersteg Collections'' and ``Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh: 
Impressions of Landscape'' Exhibitions

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: On July 15, 2015, notice was published on page 41545 of the 
Federal Register (volume 80, number 135) of determinations made by the 
Department of State pertaining to certain objects to be imported for 
temporary display in the exhibition ``Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks 
from Switzerland, The Staechelin & Im Obersteg Collections.'' The 
referenced notice is corrected here to provide express notice of an 
extension in the period of temporary display within the United States 
of certain of the objects, and express notice of an additional 
exhibition and venue for a certain object. 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 certain objects to be 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 Phillips Collection, 
Washington, District of Columbia, between on or about October 10, 2015, 
and on or about January 11, 2017, in the exhibition ``Gauguin to 
Picasso: Masterworks from Switzerland, The Staechelin & Im Obersteg 
Collections,'' and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to 
be determined, and the exhibition or display of one of the above-
referenced exhibit objects at the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, 
from on or about February 20, 2016, until on or about May 29, 2016, in 
the exhibition ``Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh: Impressions of Landscape,'' 
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: September 16, 2015.
Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-23634 Filed 9-17-15; 8:45 am]
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