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DOCUMENT ID: [Public Notice 4571]

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Art objects; importation for exhibition:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; Determinations: ``Playing with Fire: European Terracotta Models, 1740- 1840''

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, 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 ``Playing with Fire: European Terracotta Models, 17401840,'' 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. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, from on or about January 26, 2004, to on or about April 25, 2004, and at
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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: Playing with Fire: European Terracotta Models (1740-1840),

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT For further information, including a list of the exhibit objects, contact Julianne Simpson, Attorney Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, (telephone: 202/6196529). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA 44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 205470001.

Dated: December 17, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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