[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 181 (Friday, September 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 56532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23634]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9279]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks From Switzerland, The
Staechelin & Im Obersteg Collections'' and ``Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh:
Impressions of Landscape'' Exhibitions
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: On July 15, 2015, notice was published on page 41545 of the
Federal Register (volume 80, number 135) of determinations made by the
Department of State pertaining to certain objects to be imported for
temporary display in the exhibition ``Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks
from Switzerland, The Staechelin & Im Obersteg Collections.'' The
referenced notice is corrected here to provide express notice of an
extension in the period of temporary display within the United States
of certain of the objects, and express notice of an additional
exhibition and venue for a certain object. 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 certain objects to be imported from abroad for
temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural
significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with
the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition
or display of the exhibit objects at The Phillips Collection,
Washington, District of Columbia, between on or about October 10, 2015,
and on or about January 11, 2017, in the exhibition ``Gauguin to
Picasso: Masterworks from Switzerland, The Staechelin & Im Obersteg
Collections,'' and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to
be determined, and the exhibition or display of one of the above-
referenced exhibit objects at the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio,
from on or about February 20, 2016, until on or about May 29, 2016, in
the exhibition ``Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh: Impressions of Landscape,''
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
list of the imported objects, contact the Office of Public Diplomacy
and Public Affairs in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department
of State (telephone: 202-632-6471; email: [email protected]). The
mailing address is U.S. Department of State, L/PD, SA-5, Suite 5H03,
Washington, DC 20522-0505.
Dated: September 16, 2015.
Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-23634 Filed 9-17-15; 8:45 am]
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