ROY MELDRUM (DATES UNKNOWN) SOMETHING DIFFERENT AT EVERY TURN. 1933. 39 3/4x24 3/4 inches, 100x60 1/4 cm. Waterlow & Sons Limited, London. Condition B+: minor repaired tears and creases at edges; restoration in upper left corner. Little is known about Meldrum except for a few credits as a children's book illustrator. His elaborately conceived, illustrative style is reminiscent of the linoleum block prints designed by Sybil Andrews. Andrews designed seven posters for the London Underground in 1933 and 1934 but was better regarded as a printmaker. This striated, multi-leveled, patterned image draws as much on cubism, futurism and vorticism as the best prints of Sybil Andrews. The composition and detail are such that it rewards the viewer with something new each time it is looked at.
