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Pablo Picasso (Malaga, Spain 1881 – Mougins, France1973) is one the greatest and most influential artists ofthe 20th century, and creator (with Georges Braque) ofCubism. His painting “Seated Woman” (dating 1920 and

ENDOCRINOLOGY AND ART

exhibited at Musée National Picasso in Paris) portrays ayoung woman with remarkable enlargement of hands,foot, lips, nose and ears, pronounced lower jaw protru-sion and coarse features, highly suggestive of acromegaly.

CUBIST PORTRAIT OF ACROMEGALIC WOMAN

J. Endocrinol. Invest. 36: 544, 2013DOI: 10.3275/????

F. Guaraldi1 and F. Vannini21Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism,Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin;

2Clinical Orthopaedic and Traumatology Unit I,Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy