[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 18074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9138]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: Portraits by Ingres: Image of an ``Epoch''
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 133359, 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 ``Portraits by Ingres: Image of
an Epoch'', imported from abroad for the temporary exhibition without
profit within the United States, are of cultural significance. These
objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with foreign lenders.
I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects
at The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., from on or about May
23, 1999, until on or about August 22, 1999, The Metropolitan Museum,
New York, N.Y., from on or about September 27, 1999, to on or about
January 2, 2000 is in the national interest. Public Notice of these
determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.
for further information contact: For a copy of the list of exhibit
items or for other information, contact Neila Sheahan, Assistant
General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel at 202/619-5030. The
address is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.
Dated: April 7, 1999.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc 99-9138 Filed 4-12-99; 8:45 am]
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