The Building That Serves as a Canvas for Banksy’s Infamous ‘Well-Hung Lover’ Is for Sale

The British estate agency and residential land and property auctioneer Hollis Morgan is selling a home in Bristol with the accompanying graffiti known as “Well-Hung Lover” by the infamous street artist Banksy emblazoned on the side. Banksy, who hails from Bristol, painted the graffiti on what was a sexual health clinic in 2006. It is one of his oldest works and was vandalized in 2018. The online sale will take place on Feb. 12, 2025, and has a guide price of £700,000 ($887,000), according to the lot listing from Hollis Morgan. The artwork features a nude man hanging from a windowpane and covering himself with his hand for modesty while a woman in her underwear “inside” the window stands behind her (presumed) jilter husband, who looks out of the window to try to catch the lothario. A Bristol property featuring Banksy’s Well Hung Lover, originally painted in 2006. Photo: Hollis Morgan The building itself is described as a “Grade II Listed Leasehold Georgian terraced property,” meaning it is included on Britain’s list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest and that the buyer would not own the property outright. A leasehold, a type of homeowning legal arrangement in the...