1. The obstreperously mustachioed gentleman that Picasso chose to portray as Buste d’homme on 12 October 1968—close-up and larger than life, filling the canvas—is a member of his imaginary company of mousquetaires, characters whose brash, even raffish qualities, ironic foibles, and fabled exploits he employed to give voice to his own rich inner life, long and well lived, and to offer