Legacy And Profit: The Riopelle Battle

“Jean-Paul Riopelle’s three children fear some of their father’s key works of art will be sold at the same fire-sale prices that purchased his beloved vintage cars… Yseult, Sylvie and Yann, the three children of the noted abstract artist, are asking the [Quebec Superior Court] for an injunction to stop what they describe as an unnecessary, amateurish auction. They say if so many Riopelles are sold at once on short notice, the value of Riopelle’s art will diminish.”