PABLO PICASSO'S CHERRY RED MUSKETEER PAINTING "HOMME A L'EPEE" HAS SOLD FOR AN AMAZING $11.5 MILLION AT SOTHEBY'S RECENT IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART SALE. THE 1969 WORK DATES TO A PERIOD IN THE ARTIST'S LIFE WHEN HE WAS OBSESSED WITH SWASHBUCKLERS AND THEIR CASANOVA LIFESTYLES. IN THIS VERSION, THE MUSKETEER STANDS BEFORE A VELVETY RED BACKGROUND IN A YELLOW JACKET, AND HE HOLDS A SWORD AS IF POSING FOR AN OLD MASTER PORTRAIT. AMID THE CURRENT ART MARKET WHICH HAS BEEN HIT HARD BY THE RECESSION PICASSO IS PROVING TO BE A RELIABLE MASTER AT AUCTION EVEN WHEN THE SUBJECT MATTER VEERS INTO HIS AVANT-GARDE OEUVRE
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