[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12352-12353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4849]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 7821]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``Bellini, Titian and Lotto: North Italian Paintings
From the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo''
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, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112
Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority No. 236-3
of August 28, 2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No.
257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition ``Bellini, Titian and Lotto: North Italian
Paintings from the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo'' imported from abroad
for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural
significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement
with the foreign owner or custodian. I also determine that the
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York, NY, from on or about May 15, 2012, until on or about
September 3, 2012, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet
to be determined, is in the
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national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these
Determinations be published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a
list of the exhibit objects, contact Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser,
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6467). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD,
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-4849 Filed 2-28-12; 8:45 am]
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