[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77771-77772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30683]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8571]


Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Love and Play: A Pair of Paintings by Fragonard--
Toledo Museum of Art and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Works 
Reunited''

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, and Delegation of Authority No. 
236-3 of August 28, 2000, I hereby determine that the object to be 
included in the exhibition ``Love and Play: A Pair of Paintings by 
Fragonard--Toledo Museum of Art and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, 
Works Reunited,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within 
the United States, is of cultural significance. The object is imported 
pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign owner or

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custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the 
exhibit object at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, from on or 
about January 24, 2014, until on or about May 4, 2014, and at possible 
additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the 
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 
description of the object, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6469). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: December 16, 2013.
Evan M. Ryan,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-30683 Filed 12-23-13; 8:45 am]
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