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DOCUMENT ID: [Public Notice 5990]

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Culturally significant objects imported for exhibition:

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: Assorted Paintings by Gerome and Dahl

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 exhibited include four paintings by JeanLeon Gerome and three paintings by Johan Christian Dahl, 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 seven exhibit objects at the NineteenthCentury European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, from on or about December 3, 2007, until on or about December 3, 2009, and at possible additional exhibitions or 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: Gerome and Dahl; assorted paintings,

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT For further information, including a list of the exhibit objects, contact Julie Simpson, AttorneyAdviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202 4538050). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 205470001.

Dated: November 8, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Department of State.
[FR Doc. E722448 Filed 111507; 8:45 am]
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