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You the Better

1983
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs
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