"The "Masterpieces of Art" catalogue illustrates and describes one of the five exhibits which comprise the Fine Arts Exhibition at the Seatle World's Fair. The form and selection of this exhibit are the work of Dr. William M. Milliken, Director Emeritus of The Cleveland Museum of Art. These great works come from fifty-seven American museums; and from the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Toronto, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Louvre, Paris, the Tokyo National Museum, Japan, the Academid Sinica, Taiwan, Republic of China, and the National Museum of India..." -- Prólogo