Willy Guhl Cone Planter

A Willy Guhl planter in the cone form, a broad cast basin lifted high off the floor on three thin metal legs, so the ground stays visible beneath it and the wide bowl seems to float. The outside is sun-bleached cream with a fine, mesh-like grit along the uneven rim. Inside, the pale surface gives way to deep gray weathering and faint dark pink mineral streaks along the curve. The iron frame is dark with oxidation and deep brown rust, a sharp color break against the pale shell.

It stands 15 inches high on its legs and measures 47 inches across the rim. It is an original mid-century Swiss Eternit piece; the rust on the frame and the grit on the rim are age, not damage, and we have left both alone.

A planter of this spread sits beside a frameless glass entry, hovers over a gravel garden, or warms a court of dark architectural concrete, planted low with sedum or grasses so the line stays clean. This Willy Guhl planter is in our Marina Del Rey yard; see it by appointment, or we will send photographs and a quote.