Willy Guhl Tilted Planter

A Willy Guhl planter in the tilted form, lower than the others we hold: a wide bowl leaning hard to one side on a deeply cinched pedestal, so the open face points at the viewer rather than the sky and the volume sits on a compact footprint. The whole outer shell is a warm, sun-baked ochre with a sandy matte texture. Inside the slanted mouth the surface changes abruptly to a chalky gray and white patina with heavy shadowing and dark ingrained mineral stains from decades of use.

It measures 25 inches across and 14 inches high. This is an original Swiss Eternit piece of the mid-century period. The ochre is weathering rather than paint and is the warmest color among the tilted planters in our yard.

It frames low succulents or cascading vines without hiding them, and the warm tone suits a sunlit patio, a desert-style courtyard or a west-facing terrace; against plain contemporary architecture the yellow and the slant give a plain wall something to answer. It pairs with gravel, pale travertine and oak. This Willy Guhl planter is in Marina Del Rey; see it by appointment, or ask us for photographs and a delivered price.