Willy Guhl Tilted Planter

This Willy Guhl planter is the tilted bowl on an hourglass base, the rim cut on a strong diagonal so the opening faces out and the piece seems to move against the upright shapes around it. Decades outdoors have given it a rough, deeply weathered finish. The porous surface carries rich earthy patina, areas of strong light and dark, and patches of real moss clinging to the rim, so no two angles of it look the same.

It measures 25 inches in diameter and 18 inches high. It is Swiss Eternit from the mid-century production, original throughout. The moss is alive and will keep going in shade and damp; we have not removed it and would not.

Against crisp contemporary architecture the aged surface is a strong counterweight, and the planter is as good standing empty as it is spilling over with trailing greenery. Put it on a terrace, at the turn of a gravel path, or in a shaded courtyard where the moss will thrive. It also sits well beside an old limestone trough. This Willy Guhl planter is in Marina Del Rey; come and see it, or we will send more photographs and a quote.