The show will chronicle Gulbenkian's collecting, beginning with several Egyptian sculptures, like the bronze torso of King Petoubastis from the 23d Dynasty.

The same goes for a bronze torso of Apollo and a folded black canvas coat shadowing it.

A deafening sound reverberated off the bronze torso and wings above us.

A redoubtable bronze torso of a crouching woman with neither head nor legs is by Matisse.

The pale green bronze torso stands with its nakedness enhanced by a pair of partly unzipped cutoffs.

A bronze torso by the French artist Arnaud.

The shop of Haim Azuz, a sculptor, had a life-size bronze torso by the front door.

The gateway featured two bronze torsos, male and female, modeled on contestants in the games.

Other pieces include a sculpture titled "Apaches Pursued," the bronze torso of a ballet dancer, a landscape in oils and framed prints.