Lori Zabar was an art, dec­o­ra­tive arts, and archi­tec­tur­al his­to­ri­an; a his­toric preser­va­tion­ist; and an attor­ney. She was for many years a researcher in the Amer­i­can Wing and the Mod­ern and Con­tem­po­rary Art depart­ment of The Met­ro­pol­i­tan Muse­um of Art, as well as an inde­pen­dent cura­tor and con­sul­tant. She passed away in Feb­ru­ary 2022.