Morrison Harris Heckscher (born December 12, 1940) is an American retired curator and art historian who served as the Lawrence A. Fleischman Chair of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 2001 to 2014. He had worked in various curatorial roles at the Met since 1966. As chair, he oversaw a complete renovation of the interior and exhibits. He is a recipient of the Antique Dealers' Association Award of Merit and the Winterthur Museum's Henry Francis du Pont Award. (From Wikipedia)
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Heckscher, Morrison H.: American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1992), also by Leslie Greene Bowman (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)- Heckscher, Morrison H.: In Quest of Comfort: The Easy Chair in America (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971) (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Heckscher, Morrison H., contrib.: John Singleton Copley in America (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1995), by Carrie Rebora Barratt, Paul J. Staiti, Erica E. Hirshler, Theodore E. Stebbins, and Carol Troyen, also contrib. by Aileen Ribeiro and Marjorie Shelley (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Heckscher, Morrison H.: John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005), contrib. by Lori Zabar (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Heckscher, Morrison H.: Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1977-2008 (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven and London: Yale University Press, c2009), also by James R. Houghton, Katharine Baetjer, Dorothea Arnold, Joan Aruz, Carlos A. Picón, Peter Barnet, Everett Fahy, Keith Christiansen, Walter A. Liedtke, Colta Feller Ives, George R. Goldner, Ian Wardropper, Thomas P. Campbell, Dita Amory, Laurence B. Kanter, J. Kenneth Moore, Hilde Limondjian, Stuart W. Pyhrr, Donald J La Rocca, Maxwell K. Hearn, James C. Y. Watt, Stefano Carboni, Julie Jones, Alisa LaGamma, Eric Kjellgren, Virginia-Lee Webb, Gary Tinterow, Malcolm R. Daniel, Harold Koda, and John Philip O'Neill (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
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