[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 3152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1146]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations
AGENCY: United States Information Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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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
(43 FR 13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June
27, 1985 (50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985). I hereby determine that the
objects to be included in the exhibit ``John Singer Sargent,'' imported
from abroad for temporary exhibition without profit within the United
States, is of cultural significance. These objects are imported
pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign lender. I also determine
that the exhibition or display of the listed exhibit objects at the
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, from on or about February 21,
1999, to on or about May 31, 1999 and at the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, Massachusetts from on or about June 23, 1999, to on or about
September 26, 1999, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these
determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paul W. Manning, Assistant General Counsel, 202/619-5997, and the
address is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20547-0001.
Dated: January 12, 1999.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-1146 Filed 1-19-99; 8:45 am]
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