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Where did José Clemente Orozco paint one of his famed murals in California?

  • Los Angeles

  • San Francisco

  • Claremont

  • Stanford

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José Clemente Orozco painted a mural at Scripps College in Claremont, California. The mural, entitled The Epic of American Civilization, was commissioned by the college in 1932 and completed in 1934. It is one of Orozco's most famous works and is considered to be one of the most important murals in the United States. The mural depicts the history of the Americas from pre-Columbian times to the present.
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