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In what year did Detroit residents petition to have Diego Rivera's newly completed Detroit Industry frescoes whitewashed as communist propaganda?
Answer
1933
The Detroit Industry Murals were completed and unveiled in 1932-1933, and public backlash calling them communist propaganda led to petitions for their destruction that same year.
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Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Murals were nearly whitewashed in 1933 because citizens petitioned to destroy them, calling the frescoes communist propaganda.
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- 1929
- 1937
- 1941
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- frescoes
- diego-rivera
- detroit-industry-murals
- 1930s
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