BOBY Portable Storage System by JOE COLOMBO

Multi tiered MCM rolling storage trolley, by JOE COLOMBO. Includes several bins, shelves, and trays. Trays swing out from trolley. Rests on four wheels. Underside reads as BOBY, PATENTED, DESIGNER JOE COLOMBO, PRODUZIONE BIEFFEPLAST PEDOVA ITALIA. Bottom shelf signed JOE COLOMBO. Piece has been painted. Wear is consistent with age and use. Measures approx 28 inches h, 15 inches w, 18 inches deep. Cesare "Joe" Colombo was until 1949 educated at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, the academy of fine arts, in Milano as a painter and studied afterwards until 1954 Architecture at Politecnico di Milano University. In 1951 he joined the Movimento Nucleare, founded by Sergio Dangelo and Enrico Baj. The following four years Colombo was active as a painter and sculptor of the abstract Expressionism and exhibited his works with other members in Milano, Torino, Verviers, Venice and Brussels. In 1955 Colombo joined the Art Concret group, but gave up his painting to promote his