Willy Guhl Cone Planter

A Willy Guhl planter in the cone form, a wide, low basin raised on a slender iron base so that it reads as a level line floating above the floor rather than a block on it. The shell is dusty cream and ash, with faint green streaks from weathering down the sides and a gritty, unpolished, bone-dry texture that is the original cast surface. The thin iron base is coated in deep rust, a dark counterweight to the pale bowl.

It stands 15 inches high and measures 47 inches across the rim. It is an original mid-century Swiss Eternit piece, and the weathering, moss traces and rust are part of its condition as found.

Set on a flat stone terrace it breaks up smooth paving; in a minimalist entry hall the low bowl gives the eye somewhere to land without blocking the path; near dark wood or glass partitions the raw shell and rusted metal make the clean finishes look cleaner. The Willy Guhl planter is in Marina Del Rey; come and see it, or ask us for more photographs and a delivered price.