Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Manet: Portraying Life”

Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2012)

Federal Register Volume 77, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2012)

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Pages 54647-54648

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FR Doc No: 2012-21886

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Public Notice 8012

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: ``Manet: Portraying Life''

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 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition ``Manet: Portraying Life,'' 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 Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio from on or about October 4, 2012, until on or about January 1, 2013, 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 exhibit objects, contact Ona M. Hahs, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-

632-6473). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

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Dated: August 28, 2012.

J. Adam Ereli,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.

FR Doc. 2012-21886 Filed 9-4-12; 8:45 am

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