Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: Brucke; The Birth of Expressionism (1905-1913)

Federal Register: February 4, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 22)

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Public Notice 6508

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition

Determinations: ``Brucke: The Birth of Expressionism, 1905-1913''

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 of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of

April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects in the exhibition: ``Brucke: The Birth of Expressionism, 1905-1913,'' 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 Neue Galerie,

New York, NY, from on or about February 26, 2009, until on or about

June 29, 2009, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these

Determinations is ordered to 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- 453-8050). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th

Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

Dated: January 26, 2009.

3. Miller Crouch,

Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of

State.

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