Pearson / Sheets / Nelson
Herman Miller Rosewood Cabinet Series catalog Invoice for cabinets sold to California painter Millard Sheets and delivered to Bill Pearson Canceled check to Herman Miller from Bill Pearson Herman Miller business card for the Beverly Blvd showroom Bill Pearson was a jockey, art enthusiast and kind of a bad ass. He was also a winner on "The $64,000 Question" in April of 1956. Millard sheets, a good friend of his, was the expert he brought in with him in the isolation booth. Bill was a won on the show by correctly identifying six paintings, the artists who painted them and a teacher each of the artists studied with. Photo of Millard Sheets, Bill Pearson and show host Hal March: Getty Images Right after cashing his winning check for $64K, Pearson went into Knoedler gallery in New York and bought a Edward Hicks’s painting, Peaceable Kingdom, for $5,000. Later in 1956 Millard Sheets goes to Herman...