A legal row involving Peter Doig and sparked by an imprisoned painter could end up benefiting other jailed artists to the tune of $2.5 million.
It comes after the US Court upheld a sanctions ruling in favor of Doig after a court battle lasting more than a decade.
The case revolves around a desert landscape, signed Peter Doige, 76, bought by a Canadian prison officer from an inmate in the 1970s for $100 who he claimed was Doig - despite Doig never having been in prison in Canada and only being a teenager at the time.
A case brought on behalf of the prison officer and a Chicago art gallery accused Doig of devaluing the painting by disavowing it but it was thrown out after a trial in 2016. More legal action followed in 2022
when a federal court ordered the officer's lawyer and the gallery to pay the artist $2.5 million.
They appealed but the latest ruling backed the decision and ordered them to pay Doig, whose lawyer previously said any money received will go to a non-profit that gives incarcerated people the chance to make art.