[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 40936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19240]
[[Page 40936]]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition
Determination: ``Comtesse de la Rue''
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
object ``Comtesse de la Rue'' 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, is of cultural
significance. This object is imported pursuant to a loan agreement with
the foreign lender. I also determine that the exhibition or display of
the exhibit object at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.,
from on or about September 27, 1999, until on or about January 2, 2000,
is in the national interest. Public Notice of this determination is
ordered to be published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information, contact Neila Sheahan
Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel at 202/619-
5030. The address is Room 700, US Information Agency, 301 4th Street,
SW, Washington, DC 20547-0001.
Dated: July 22, 1999.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-19240 Filed 7-27-99; 8:45 am]
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