Object Details
- Artist
- Robert M. Peak, 30 May 1927 - 1 Aug 1992
- Sitter
- Marlon Brando, 3 Apr 1924 - 1 Jul 2004
- Exhibition Label
- Marlon Brando had long been a popular box office attraction, but he was also one of the industry’s most challenging personalities: difficult with directors and often lax in memorizing his lines or following the script. When Time reported in depth in January 1973 on his most recent performance, scores of readers wrote to voice their revulsion to a film that included “frontal nudity, four-letter words, masturbation, even sodomy.” One reader suggested that all Time needed to say was that “Marlon Brando is making a real dirty movie with Maria Schneider, and it is called Last Tango in Paris.” Two months later, Brando would win a Best Actor Oscar for the critically acclaimed film, The Godfather (1972). But he refused to accept the award in protest of Hollywood’s stereotypical portrayal of Native Americans.
- Marlon Brando era desde hacía tiempo una popular atracción de taquilla, pero tenía una de las personalidades más problemáticas de la industria. Era difícil con los directores y a menudo no se memorizaba bien sus parlamentos ni seguía el guion. Cuando en enero de 1973 Time hizo un reportaje de fondo sobre su actuación más reciente, muchos lectores escribieron a la revista para expresar su repulsión ante un filme que incluía “desnudez frontal, malas palabras, masturbación e incluso sodomía”. Un lector sugirió que lo único que Time debía haber dicho era: “Marlon Brando está haciendo una película muy sucia con Maria Schneider, y se titula Last Tango in Paris”. Dos meses después, Brando ganaría el Oscar al mejor actor por el aclamado filme The Godfather (1972), pero se negó a aceptarlo para protestar contra la imagen estereotipada que presentaba Hollywood de los indígenas americanos.
- Collection Description
- In 1978, Time magazine donated approximately eight hundred works of original cover art to the National Portrait Gallery. The museum is dedicated to telling the stories of individuals who have shaped the United States, and the Time Collection—featuring prominent international figures and events—enriches our understanding of the United States in a global context.
- En 1978, la revista Time donó a la National Portrait Gallery cerca de 800 obras de arte originales creadas para sus portadas. Nuestro museo se dedica a narrar la historia de figuras que han contribuido a forjar el desarrollo de Estados Unidos, y es así que la Colección Time, que incluye retratos de importantes personalidades internacionales, nos ayuda a comprender mejor a nuestra nación en un contexto global.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine. Conserved with funds from The Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation
- 1973
- Object number
- NPG.78.TC248
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Robert Peak
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pastel and opaque watercolor on cut paper adhered to printed paper
- Dimensions
- Accurate: 61 x 48.2cm (24 x 19")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
- Marlon Brando: Male
- Marlon Brando: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Theater\Stage actor
- Marlon Brando: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Activist
- Marlon Brando: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Movie actor
- Marlon Brando: Performing arts awards\Academy Award
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.78.TC248
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4793c4fa7-e591-4ca2-924f-e99e6498514d
