[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 44958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22519]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925''
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 on the list specified below, to be included in the exhibit,
``Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925,'' 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
Brooklyn Museum of Art, in New York, New York, from on or about October
23, 1998, to on or about January 24, 1999, and at the Armand Hammer
Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California, from on or
about February 24, 1999, to on or about May 9, 1999, is in the national
interest. Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to be
published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline Caldwell, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General
Counsel, 202/619-6982, and the address is room 700, U.S. Information
Agency, 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20547-0001.
Dated: August 18, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-22519 Filed 8-20-98; 8:45 am]
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