Willy Guhl Square Planter

A Willy Guhl planter in the square form: a rough solid block with thick walls that reads as a piece of found stone and sits with a weight that feels fixed. The square frame makes a clean edge for plants to spill over. The surface has the warmth of sun-baked masonry, beige gray and dusty taupe, deepening to a dark soot-like shading near the base. The texture is gritty and speckled, like old plaster smoothed by wind over decades.

It measures 16 inches square and 14 1/2 inches high. It is an original Eternit piece from Switzerland, mid-century, and the warm tone is unusual among the grays we usually see in this form. The corners are softened but intact.

Use it to anchor a front step, mark the corner of a terrace, or hold a clipped bay beside a kitchen door; it is equally good with wilder grasses that soften the rigid edge. It pairs with limestone paving, gravel and lime-washed walls. We have several square Willy Guhl planters in a range of sizes if a run is wanted. This one is in Marina Del Rey; come and see it, or ask us for photographs and a delivered price.