66 FR 170 pg. 46048 - Culturally Significant Objects Imported for ExhibitionDeterminations: “Frans Snyders’ Fishmonger's Shop”

Type: NOTICEVolume: 66Number: 170Page: 46048
Docket number: [Public Notice 3764]
FR document: [FR Doc. 01-22059 Filed 8-30-01; 8:45 am]
Agency: State Department
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3764]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for ExhibitionDeterminations: "Frans Snyders' Fishmonger's Shop"

AGENCY:

Department of State.

ACTION:

Notice.

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), the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that the object to be exhibited "Frans Snyders' Fishmonger's Shop," imported from abroad for the temporary exhibition without profit within the United States, is of cultural significance. The object is imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign lender. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at the Russian Ambassador's residence in Washington, DC from on or about September 11, 2001, and at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX from on or about September 1, 2001 to on or about March 31, 2002, and at possible additional venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. PublicNotice of these Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register .

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For further information, contact Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/619-6981). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, S.W., Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

Dated: August 27, 2001.

Helena Kane Finn,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs,Department of State.

[FR Doc. 01-22059 Filed 8-30-01; 8:45 am]

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