I don't know exactly when, but at one time during Walt's travels to Europe, he purchased complete sketchbooks as well as individual illustrations by German artist Heinrich Kley. I am also not sure wether Kley's widow Emily sold Walt the artwork or if he bought the pieces at art galleries.
But the fact is that today this unique, never published Kley inventory belongs to the Disney family.
During my recent visit to the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco I was thrilled to discover that visitors can now browse through a couple of oversized printed sketchbooks from the collection. There is a small Kley set up near the Museum's reception area.
Here are a few gorgeous sample pages.
