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You the Better

Ericka Beckman American

1983

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You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min. — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

You the Better, Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951), Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

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Title: You the Better

Artist: Ericka Beckman (American, born 1951)

Date: 1983

Medium: Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, color, sound, 32 min.

Classification: Variable Media

Credit Line: Purchase, Vital Projects Fund Inc. Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2012

Object Number: 2012.95

Rights and Reproduction: © Ericka Beckman

Chronology

The United States and Canada, 1900 A.D.-present

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