Victor Hugo, Hic clavis, alias porta (Ici la clé, ailleurs la porte) (The key is here, the gate elsewhere)

Maison de Victor Hugo, Paris

Date: 1871
Technique: Pen, brown-ink wash, black ink, graphite, black crayon, charcoal, reserves and fingerprints or dabbings with highlights of white gouache on vellum paper, partly rubbed and scraped, 18 x 18 in.