Peter Amft, Being B.B. King (Red Hot & Blue #33), 1965; printed 1999, Silver gelatin photograph, Gift of Red Hot & Blue to Art in Embassies, Washington, D.C.

Arbe Bareis, The Swaziland Duck, 2010, Oil on panel, Courtesy of the artist, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Christian Barthelmess, Buffalo Soldiers of the 25th Infantry, 1890, Digital print of silver gelatin cabinet card mount photograph, Library of Congress, the Gladstone Collection; Courtesy of the Art in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Howard Beach, Native American Woman from the Plains Region, c. 1901, Photograph, Courtesy of the Art in Embassies Program, Washington, DC; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC USZ62 115744

Thomas Bucci, Architectural Study: U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C., 2006, Archival pigment print, Courtesy of the artist, Washington, D.C.

Thomas Bucci, Architectural Study: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., 2007, Archival pigment print, Courtesy of the artist, Washington, D.C.

Mary Colton, Once There was a River, 2005, Hand-dyed Churro wool, Courtesy of the artist, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Joseph Dixon, Chief Medicine Crow, 65 years, Crow Tribe, 1908, Archival pigment copy print from original photograph, Courtesy of the William Hammond Mathers Museum, Indiana University, and Art in Embassies, Washington, D.C.

Joseph Dixon, Takes-five, Old Indian Woman, 1908, Archival pigment copy print from original photograph, Courtesy of the William Hammond Mathers Museum, Indiana University, and the Art in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Joseph Dixon, Quin-Yiss, Rose Emerson, with baby - an Indian Madonna, Yuma Tribe, 1913, Archival pigment copy print from original photograph, Courtesy of the William Hammond Mathers Museum, Indiana University, and Art in Embassies, Washington, D.C.

Joseph English, Carl's, 2007, Serigraph, Courtesy of the artist, Washington Grove, Maryland

Gus Foster, Mount Sneffels, 1986, Color photograph, Courtesy of the artist, Taos, New Mexico

Gus Foster, Point Sublime, 1986, Color photograph, Courtesy of the artist, Taos, New Mexico

David Liittschwager, Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Bald Eagle, Photographed: 8/16/1990; San Francisco Zoological Gardens, San Francisco, Califo, Black and white silver gelatin print, Courtesy of the artists, San Francisco, California

Peter Max, Statue of Liberty, Version 4, Graphic (signed), Gift of the artist to the Art in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Bill Perry, Apple Pie, 2007, Watercolor on paper, Courtesy of the artist, Harmony, Pennsylvania

Unknown Photographer, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. 28 August 1963, August 28,1963, Photograph, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, ARC 542069/306-SSM-4D(107)16, and ART in Embassies, Washington, D.C.

Marie Watt, Blanket Series: Continuum (Book I / Book III), 2007, Six-color lithograph printed on natural Sekishu on white Arches paper, Courtesy of the Art in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.