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>Poster:       lauren b keach <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      importation/exportation of artworks
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>In the IU library, we have a patron who is experiencing some difficulties
>transporting his own artwork across the border.  He is staying in the
>U.S. on a tourist visa and it seems that customs officers have questioned
>his right to take paintings (his own) out of the country.  Has anyone
>heard of this happening before and, if so, what can be done to remedy the
>situation?
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>Thanks for any light you can shed!
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>Lauren
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