The original photograph of Brooke Shields by Garry Gross, which Richard Prince used in his artwork displayed at the Tate. Photograph: Gary GrossThe Richard Prince photograph of Brooke Shields that Tate Modern recently withdrew from the exhibition Pop Life, after Scotland Yard suggested it might break obscenity laws, travelled across the Atlantic carrying a long history of controversy. It shows a 10-year-old Shields, oiled and glistening, naked and made-up, posing in a marble bathtub with a seductive danger that belies her years. She has, in Prince's description, "a body with two different sexes, maybe more, and a head that looks like it's got a different birthday."read more
