Brad Pitt on the cover of Vanity FairBrad Pitt is reportedly furious that a photograph of him taking by artist Robert Wilson has been used as a cover shot for the December issue of Vanity Fair.

Brad posed for the photographs last year and agreed for them, and video recorded at the photo shoot, to be used in an art project but didn’t know about the Vanity Fair cover until it was published.

A spokesperson from Vanity Fair claims a letter was sent to Brad, care of his managers, earlier this month to inform him about the cover but sources close to Brad say that he didn’t receive the letter.

The spokesperson added: “Brad Pitt posed for a Robert Wilson video portrait, and in the photo release (signed by Pitt), agreed to allow Wilson to use the portrait or any images from that sitting in connection with any publicity on Wilson’s video project. Vanity Fair decided to do a story on Wilson’s video portraits and obtained rights to the entire collection of photographs from those sittings, which included Pitt’s.”

Brad and his management team are reportedly considering their legal options and a spokesperson told TMZ: “We are very disappointed that Vanity Fair has chosen to put an unauthorized cover on their magazine. It seriously makes me question their integrity and motives.”