BRAZZAVILLE EMBASSY 2008

Shawne Major, Mnemonic Casserole: Fig, Mixed media, Overall: 22 x 22in., 2lb. (55.9 x 55.9cm, 0.9kg),

Jeanne Moutoussamy Ashe, Daufuskie Island: Church Members Join Hands in Prayer, Photograph, Overall: 16 x 20in. (40.6 x 50.8cm),

Jeanne Moutoussamy Ashe, Daufuskie Island: Calibogue Sound at Dawn, Photograph, Overall: 16 x 20in. (40.6 x 50.8cm),

Jeanne Moutoussamy Ashe, Daufuskie Island: Wedding Cake, Photograph, Overall: 20 x 16in. (50.8 x 40.6cm),

Jeanne Moutoussamy Ashe, Daufuskie Island Series: The Old Prayer House, Photograph, Overall: 16 x 20in. (40.6 x 50.8cm),

Mega Mingiedi, Untitled (Work 2), Mixed media on paper, Overall: 43 3/4 x 27 1/4in. (111.1 x 69.2cm),

Cédrick Nzolo, Photographic Triptych II, Photograph, Overall: 11 11/16 x 49 1/2in. (29.7 x 125.7cm) each of 3,

Sammy Baloji, Mémoire, Archival photograph on matte paper, Overall: 23 3/4 x 63in. (60.3 x 160cm),

Pat Owoc, Patch, Disperse dye on polyester fabric, machine quilted, cotton batting, and cotton backing, Overall: 48 x 52in. (121.9 x 132.1cm),

Raymond Jennings Saunders, RS 99-9, Pencil on paper, Overall: 30 x 22in. (76.2 x 55.9cm),

Raymond Jennings Saunders, RS 99-6, , Overall: 29 x 23in. (73.7 x 58.4cm),

Raymond Jennings Saunders, RS 99-164, Pencil on paper, Overall: 29 x 23in. (73.7 x 58.4cm),

Raymond Jennings Saunders, RS 83-221, Pencil on paper, Overall: 29 x 23in. (73.7 x 58.4cm),

Raymond Jennings Saunders, RS 95-5, Pencil on paper, Overall: 29 x 23in. (73.7 x 58.4cm),

Joe Andoe, Untitled, Etching, Set of 5: 20 x 21 1/2in., 0.5lb. (50.8 x 54.6cm, 0.2kg),

Joyce Scott, Drawings, glass beads, 13 x 9" framed,

Joyce Scott, Yellow Face, Glass beads, 13 x 9",

Hat; Democratic Republic of Congo, Pende People, Beads on woven plant fiber base, Overall: 11 x 11 x 6in. (27.9 x 27.9 x 15.2cm)

Hat; Southwest Democratic Republic of Congo, Mbele people, Woven plant fiber, Overall: 9 x 14in. (22.9 x 35.6cm)

Hat; Democratic Republic of Congo; Lega people, Plant fiber, buttons, cowry shells, tubular glass beads, elephant tail hair, Other: 8 1/2 x 7in. (21.6 x 17.8cm)

Bwami Hat; Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega people, Woven plant fiber base, cowry shells, large brown shells; elephant tail hairs, Overall: 7 x 19in. (17.8 x 48.3cm)

Painted Bark Panel; Democratic Republic of the Congo, M'Biti Pygmy people, Ituri Rainforest, Painted on bark that has been soaked, hand pounded and then soaked and pounded, Overall: 32 1/2 x 18in. (82.6 x 45.7cm)

Ceremonial Overskirt; Democratic Repbulic of the Congo, Kuba People, Raffia (African palm leaf fiber); applique with embroidered outlines, Overall: 62 x 26in. (157.5 x 66cm)

Ceremonial Overskirt; Democratic Republic of Congo, Kuba people, Raffia with continuous and cut pile embroidery, buttonhole stitch and open work in central field, Overall: 60 x 28in. (152.4 x 71.1cm)

Shawne Major, Mnemonic Casserole: Allium, Mixed media , Overall: 22 x 22in. (55.9 x 55.9cm),

Shawne Major, Mnemonic Casserole: Comfrey, Mixed media, Overall: 22 x 22in. (55.9 x 55.9cm),

Romare Bearden, Falling Star, Lithograph, Overall: 28 x 21 1/2in. (71.1 x 54.6cm),

Rosemary Claus-Gray, Exuberance I, Fiber collage, Overall: 41 x 27 1/2in. (104.1 x 69.9cm),

Rosemary Claus-Gray, Exuberance III, Fiber collage, Overall: 51 1/2 x 34 1/2in. (130.8 x 87.6cm),

Rosemary Claus-Gray, Facade X, Fiber collage, Overall: 24 x 38in. (61 x 96.5cm),

Rosemary Claus-Gray, Facade XXV Portals, Fiber collage, Overall: 47 x 29 1/2in. (119.4 x 74.9cm),

Shawne Major, Mnemonic Casserole: Nasturtium, Mixed media, Overall: 22 x 22in. (55.9 x 55.9cm),

Glenn Ligon, Boy on Tire, lithograph, Overall: 41 x 31 1/2in. (104.1 x 80cm),

Shawne Major, Chiasma, Mixed media, Overall: 62 x 54in., 25lb. (157.5 x 137.2cm, 11.3kg),

Brazzaville. No. 74 - A Tam-Tam; Dance performance, Postcard, collotype, Overall: 11 x 14in. (27.9 x 35.6cm), Photograph by Vialle, Brazzaville. Published by Meyrignac et Puydebois, Brive (France) Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

French Congo. No. 78 - St. Louis of the Oubanghi - Setting the Fish Traps, Postcard, collotype, Overall: 11 x 14in. (27.9 x 35.6cm), Collection Leray - Photograph by Herriau Published by Impriméries réunis de Nancy, France Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

Brazzaville. No. 19 - Basket makers, Kinkala route, Silver gelatin print on postcard stock, Overall: 11 x 14in. (27.9 x 35.6cm), Edition Charlejan, Brazzaville Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

Young Kongo girl Moyen-Congo, Photographer unknown, c. 1925. Postcard, collotype. Published by the Minist�re de la France d'Outre-Mer, c. 1950. EEPA Postcard Collection, CF 20-19 Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution Postcard, collotype, Overall: 14 x 11in. (35.6 x 27.9cm), Photographer unknown, c. 1925. Published by the Ministère de la France d'Outre-Mer, c. 1950. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

Missions of the Peres du Saint-Esprit - After the baptism, the child, his mother, and her godmother, Postcard, collotype, Overall: 14 x 11in. (35.6 x 27.9cm), Photographer unknown Published by Edition de l'Ecole Apostolique, Lierre (Belgique) Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

Congo. No. 56 - Brazzaville - Congolese, Postcard, collotype, Other: 11 x 14in. (27.9 x 35.6cm), Photograph by Vialle, Brazzaville. Published by Meyrignac et Puydebois, Brive (France) Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

Congo. No. 18 - Women at the village, Postcard, collotype, Overall: 14 x 11in. (35.6 x 27.9cm), Photograph by Robert Visser Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

Unidentified children, French Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Silver gelatin print on postcard stock., Overall: 14 x 11in. (35.6 x 27.9cm), Photographer unknown Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

Romare Bearden, Girl in the Garden, Lithograph, Overall: 28 1/2 x 21in. (72.4 x 53.3cm),

French Congo. No.29 - Brazzaville - The school of Fine Arts, Ivory carvers, Postcard, collotype, Overall: 11 x 14in. (27.9 x 35.6cm), Collection Leray - Photograph by Augouard Published by Impriméries réunis de Nancy, France Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

Missions of the Peres du Saint-Esprit - A domesticated elephant: his friend Fritz, Postcard, collotype, Overall: 11 x 14in. (27.9 x 35.6cm), Published by J. Bienaimé. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

French Congo. No. 32 - Catholic Mission of Brazzaville - The Mission port, Postcard, collotype., Overall: 11 x 14in. (27.9 x 35.6cm), Photographer unknown Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

Unidentified notable, Equatorial Province, Congo, Silver gelatin print on postcard stock, Overall: 14 x 11in. (35.6 x 27.9cm), Published by Gevaert Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

French Congo. No. 16 - The banks of the Bengo lake, Postcard, collotype., Overall: 11 x 14in. (27.9 x 35.6cm), Photograph by Robert Visser. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

French Congo. No.33 - Brazzaville - Performers of "Chat Botte," played at the Mission in 1926, on the occasion of the return of S.G. Mgr. Guichard, Postcard, collotype, Overall: 11 x 14in. (27.9 x 35.6cm), Collection Guichard Published by Impriméries réunis de Nancy, France Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution

Mario Martinez, The Desert, the Yaquis and NYC, Seven-color lithograph printed on soft white Somerset satin paper, 27 x 18 1/2 in. (68.6 x 47 cm), Courtesy of Art in Embassies Program, Washington, DC

Norman Akers, All Things Connected, Five-color lithograph printed on white Somerset paper, 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm), Courtesy of the Art in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Marie Watt, Blanket Series: Continuum (Book I / Book III), Six-color lithograph printed on natural Sekishu on white Arches paper, Unframed: 15 1/4 x 22 1/4in. (38.7 x 56.5cm), Courtesy of the Art in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, We Are All Knots in the Great Net of Life, Five-color lithograph printed on white Somerset satin paper, 26 7/8 x 20 in. (68.3 x 50.8 cm), Collection of Art in Embassies, Washington, D.C.; In collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.

Larry McNeil, First Light, Winter Solstice, Six-color lithograph printed on white Somerset satin paper, Other: 22 1/8 x 29 7/8 in. (56.2 x 75.9 cm), Courtesy of Art in Embassies Program, Washington, DC