GREENE, Milton (American, 1922–1982). Cary Grant (CG-111). Audrey Hepburn (AH-111). Ava Gardner. Three Portraits. 1954, 1955, 1958, later printings. Giclée print on Kodak Professional Paper after Milton Greene. Printed signature in plate. Including Cary Grant (CG-111), Audrey Hepburn (AH-111), and Ava Gardner. Cary Grant shown posed in a suit dangling a flower in his left hand, taken on the terrace of Greene’s New York City studio. Audrey Hepburn shown in Rome during the filming of War and Peace, a 1956 feature film adaptation by King Vidor of the book by Leo Tolstoy. Ava Gardner photograph originally published in Look Magazine. Previously displayed in the Beverly Hills Hilton. Framed and matted with photo taped to board around the perimeter and adhered to mat with a visual float. Image 14 x 11”; frame (glass) 30 x 27”. Crisp, high-contrast image. Overall good condition; some chipping to frames. Not examined out of frames. Provenance: Collection of The Beverly Hilton Hotel, applied label to versos. Milton Greene began his photography career at the age of 14, apprenticing under renowned photojournalist Elliot Elisofen and fashion photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe. By 23 his work had been featured in major publications like Life, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue. Greene, along with peers like Richard Avedon, helped shift the public’s perception of fashion photography towards an association with fine art. Though known for high-fashion photography, his portraits of famous figures such as Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, and Marilyn Monroe remain in high regard. Greene has won awards from the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Art Directors Club of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Detroit. Greene’s work has been exhibited in such places as the International Center of Photography in New York, Art Institute of Chicago, and Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.