An out-of-uniform Tonton Macoute throws a looter down a flight of stairs (diptych)
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An out-of-uniform Tonton Macoute throws a looter down a flight of stairs (diptych)
200720th century
355.6 x 279.4 mm
Danny Lyon, American, b. 1942
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- stairs - A series of steps or flights of steps connected by landings for passing from one level to another.
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