MeadowlandPoster con cornice

Meadowland belongs to the long run of abstract paintings Gerhard Richter has made since the 1970s, where layers of paint are pulled across the canvas with a wide squeegee. The surface holds soft bands of green and grey, some scraped thin, others laid on thick. The paint is dragged in one direction, so the picture reads as a field of colour rather than a scene.

This framed poster arrives ready to hang, with a hanger fixed to the back that goes straight onto a nail or screw. There is no separate frame to buy and no fitting to work out.

In a stairwell, the greens catch the light from the landing above and the scraped bands show as pale streaks. You pass it on the way up and see a new edge each time.