# Entrance

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lavirotte-jules-aim-rf8d45f0e9eee49/entrance-r4ef9643e62b553>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [LAVIROTTE, Jules Aimé](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lavirotte-jules-aim-rf8d45f0e9eee49>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

The façade of the building has a sculpted, animal and vegetal decoration, containing sexual symbolism evident even in the entrance. The phallus on the door panelling and the vaginal surround obviously represent a sexual act - a vision that is repeated several times in the building.

## Related artworks

- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lavirotte-jules-aim-rf8d45f0e9eee49/exterior-view-r91890d33c5f96a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)