A naked picture of a 10-year-old Brooke Shields has been taken down from from London's Tate Modern following a police pornography probe.
Richard Prince's photo of the young Blue Lagoon actress shows her from the knees up, nude, oiled and wearing make-up, looking directly at the viewer.
A naked picture of Brooke Shields, aged 10, was due to be shown at the Tate Modern The picture was planned to go on show at an exhibition today, but bosses closed off its room after meeting officers from the Obscene Publications Unit.
It is hung in a room at the south London gallery with a notice on the door warning visitors they may find the image "challenging".
The rest of the show, entitled Pop Life: Art In A Material World show, remains open.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said officers from the unit met Tate staff yesterday.
He said: "The officers have specialist experience in this field and are keen to work with gallery management to ensure that they do not inadvertently break the law or cause any offence to their visitors."
The picture of Brooke, titled Spiritual America, was contained in a room separate to the rest of the exhibition which features images including huge sexually explicit images of penetration and works made from the pages of pornographic magazines.
Jack Bankowsky, the exhibition's co-curator, said previously he hoped the artistic interest in Spiritual America would not be overshadowed by controversy over its content.
Gallery chiefs said they sought legal advice before including the work and had given careful consideration to the work and the reaction it could provoke before including it in the exhibition.
He said: "The officers have specialist experience in this field and are keen to work with gallery management to ensure that they do not inadvertently break the law or cause any offence to their visitors."
The picture of Brooke, titled Spiritual America, was contained in a room separate to the rest of the exhibition which features images including huge sexually explicit images of penetration and works made from the pages of pornographic magazines.
Jack Bankowsky, the exhibition's co-curator, said previously he hoped the artistic interest in Spiritual America would not be overshadowed by controversy over its content.
Gallery chiefs said they sought legal advice before including the work and had given careful consideration to the work and the reaction it could provoke before including it in the exhibition.
