LIFE-Sense License book
LIFE-Sense
License

By Louise Odes Neaderland
Brooklyn, New York: Louise Odes Neaderland, 1985. Edition of 3.

12 x 6 x 1.5"; 11 leaves including title cover and back board. Photocopy pages dry mounted on boards set into an accordion binding.

Louise Neaderland, catalog: "This form resembles a stepped pyramid, a memorial ... This book is about the artist's father. Each page shows him at a different stage in his life. The images of his driver's license grow larger and more important as he progresses from youth to old age. In his last years he refused to give up this iconic symbol of his independence. A shrunken old man now, he can barely see over the wheel of the car, but refuses to give up driving. He dies with that license in his wallet. In NY state, as long as an elderly person can read the eye chart, the State cannot refuse to renew his license regardless of his mental or physical condition."
$450 (Last Copy)