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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 Miller to place an order for some George Nelson
rosewood case pieces for Bill Pearso…
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 Miller to place an order for some George Nelson
rosewood case pieces for Bill Pearso…
Michael Arntz
Pair of smallish plaques at the flea. They wanted $6K with the threat that if they didn't sell they would be sending them to auction. OK, so flea market first, then auction...bozos
Monumental Garden Pot at LAMA in 2008 - Sold for $12K
"Monument to Hetch Hetchy" California Design 11
Monumental Garden Pot at LAMA in 2008 - Sold for $12K
"Monument to Hetch Hetchy" California Design 11
Sotheby's Is Slumming It
Kenji Fujita - Freeman Lederman
Malcolm Leland Lantern - Architectural Pottery
A Mid Century Eye: The Collection of Colleen Sullivan Entire Catalog is here
Malcolm Leland Lantern - Architectural Pottery
A Mid Century Eye: The Collection of Colleen Sullivan Entire Catalog is here
Hawk House / Hawk House
Hawk House Lamp
Hawk House Los Angeles 39
Hawk House Hurricane Candleholder and Barbecue-Brazier Architect Craig Ellwood - Lappin Residence 1949 Modernism Rediscovered - Julius Schulman
Architect Carl L Maston - Virgil Apartments 1951 Photo: Modernism Rediscovered - Julius Schulman
Edwin "Stan" Hawk House in Silver Lake by Architect Harwell Hamilton Harris 1939 The address of Stan's house is listed in promotional materials for the Hawk House Brazier and Candleholder Photo: Architectural Forum - Fred Dapprich
Hawk House Los Angeles 39
Hawk House Hurricane Candleholder and Barbecue-Brazier Architect Craig Ellwood - Lappin Residence 1949 Modernism Rediscovered - Julius Schulman
Architect Carl L Maston - Virgil Apartments 1951 Photo: Modernism Rediscovered - Julius Schulman
Edwin "Stan" Hawk House in Silver Lake by Architect Harwell Hamilton Harris 1939 The address of Stan's house is listed in promotional materials for the Hawk House Brazier and Candleholder Photo: Architectural Forum - Fred Dapprich
