Federal Register: September 19, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 182)
DOCID: FR Doc 03-23956
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
State Department
DOCUMENT ID: [Public Notice 4495]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Art objects; importation for exhibition:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; Determinations: ``The Triumph of French Painting: 17th Century Masterpieces from the Museums of FRAME''
DOCUMENT 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, and Delegation of Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition ``The Triumph of French Painting: 17th Century Masterpieces from the Museums of FRAME,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, is of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign owner. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR from on or about October 11, 2003 to on or about January 4, 2004 and the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL from on or about January 25, 2004 to on or about April 11, 2004, and at possible additional venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.
SUMMARY:
Triumph of French Painting: 17th Century Masterpieces from the Museums of FRAME,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
For further information, including a
list of the exhibit objects, contact Carol B. Epstein, Attorney
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State, (telephone:
202/6196981). The address is Department of State, SA44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 205470001.
Dated: September 12, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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