98-19127. Art Objects; Importation for Exhibition: Impressionists in Winter: Effects de Neige  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 137 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 38696]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-19127]
    
    
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    UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
    
    
    Art Objects; Importation for Exhibition: Impressionists in 
    Winter: Effects de Neige
    
    AGENCY: United States Information Agency.
    
    SUBJECT: Culturally significant objects imported for exhibition 
    determinations.
    
    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).
    
    ACTION: I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the 
    exhibit, ``Impressionists in Winter: Effects de Neige'' imported from 
    abroad for the temporary exhibition without profit within the United 
    States, are of cultural significance. These objects are imported 
    pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign lenders. I also determine 
    that the exhibition or display of the listed exhibit objects at The 
    Phillips Collection, Washington, DC from on or about September 19, 1998 
    through January 3, 1999, and The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco 
    (Yerba Buena Gardens, Center for the Arts), San Francisco, CA from on 
    or about January 30, 1999 to May 2, 1999 is in the national interest. 
    Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to be published in the 
    Federal Register.
    
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    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Paul Manning, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 
    202/619-5997, and the address is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 
    4th Street SW, Washington, DC 20547-0001.
    
        Dated: July 13, 1998.
    Les Jin,
    General Counsel.
    [FR Doc. 98-19127 Filed 7-16-98; 8:45 am]
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