**A nude photo of actress Brooke Shields aged 10 has been removed from a major exhibition at the Tate Modern, following a police pornography probe.**Richard Prince’s Spiritual America shows Shields from the knees up, naked, oiled and wearing make-up.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said they were working with gallery staff to ensure they do not “break the law or cause any offence to their visitors.”
Gallery bosses said they sought legal advice before displaying the work.
‘Causing offence’
The picture of the actress, best known for starring in The Blue Lagoon, was due to go on show on Thursday as part of the Pop Life: Art In A Material World exhibition.
Scotland Yard said they met with Tate bosses on Wednesday.
“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,” they said in a statement.
The picture of Shields was kept separate to the rest of the display, which features sexually explicit images and works created from the pages of pornographic magazines.
Jack Bankowsky, the exhibition’s co-curator, previously said he hoped the artistic interest would not be overshadowed by controversy over its content.
One of Shields’ first screen credits was at the age of 12, playing a child prostitute Violet in the 1978 film Pretty Baby.