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Puzzle planter by Anton BEE and Willy GUHL for ETERNIT Switzerland, 1950. Two modular elements in fiber cement, PUZZLE model. Good condition 26 x 30 x 26.5 cm In 1951, Eternity AG sought to collaborate with outside designers and asked Willy Guhl and his students to work on new plant containers. Eternit, developed for the manufacture of roofs and pipes, is a stable product with a fibrous texture that is resistant to traction, breakage and climatic variations, and contains 10% asbestos. Known since antiquity, asbestos is now being re-exploited in innovative ways by industry. For Guhl, "no building material used so finely gives as much stability as Eternit". Composed entirely of fibre-cement, their puzzle-like shape allows them to be assembled endlessly, creating a play of heights between the different models. In good condition, the two larger models show cracks.
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Puzzle planter by Anton BEE and Willy GUHL for ETERNIT Switzerland, 1950. Two modular elements in fiber cement, PUZZLE model. Good condition 26 x 30 x 26.5 cm In 1951, Eternity AG sought to collaborate with outside designers and asked Willy Guhl and his students to work on new plant containers. Eternit, developed for the manufacture of roofs and pipes, is a stable product with a fibrous texture that is resistant to traction, breakage and climatic variations, and contains 10% asbestos. Known since antiquity, asbestos is now being re-exploited in innovative ways by industry. For Guhl, "no building material used so finely gives as much stability as Eternit". Composed entirely of fibre-cement, their puzzle-like shape allows them to be assembled endlessly, creating a play of heights between the different models. In good condition, the two larger models show cracks.
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