Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: Matisse: Radical Invention (1913-1917)

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Public Notice 6903

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition

Determinations: ``Matisse: Radical Invention 1913-1917''

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 to be included in the exhibition ``Matisse: Radical Invention 1913-1917,'' 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 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, from on or about March 20, 2010, until on or about June 20, 2010; at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, from on or about July 18, 2010, until on or about October 11, 2010; 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 Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-

Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State

(telephone: 202/632-6473). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA- 5, L/PD, Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20522-0505.

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Dated: February 18, 2010.

Maura M. Pally,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges,

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.

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