[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 51518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20697]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7127]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Picasso: Masterpieces from the Mus[eacute]e National 
Picasso, Paris''

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 objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``Picasso: Masterpieces from the 
Mus[eacute]e National Picasso,'' imported from abroad for temporary 
exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The 
objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign 
owner or custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of 
the exhibit objects at the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, from on or 
about October 8, 2010, until on or about January 17, 2011; at the 
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, from on or about February 
19, 2011, until on or about May 15, 2011; at the Fine Arts Museums of 
San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, from on or about June 11, 2011, until 
on or about September 18, 2011; 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.

    Dated: August 10, 2010.
Ann Stock,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2010-20697 Filed 8-19-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-05-P