Sometimes a house is not just full of art — it is the art.

When Ronny Hazel, the founder of Provincetown’s eclectic Shop Therapy , purchased 4 Center St. in 1991, he began a long process of not only filling it with sculpture, painting, taxidermy, and oddities, but also hiring artists to adorn and modify the house — and then often filling it with the artists themselves. Hazel died in May , and the property’s future is out for bidding. Listed for sale at $4.8 million , its buyer will inherit the echoes of a vibrant past.

The exterior of 4 Center St. in Provincetown, which belonged to Ronny Hazel, owner of Shop Therapy in town. – Nauset Media

Ronny Hazel’s home in Privincetown. – Michael Koehler

The home’s exterior is painted bright yellow and lime green, and it’s surrounded by

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