A clenched socialist fist of resistance rising from the pile of bodies appears in several early sketches, but this thought fades and disappears from the final painting.
Monet's last works are eight monumental curved panels specifically designed for the orangery in Paris, one of the greatest artistic achievements of early 20th-century painting.
And she was reading a wonderful book by Helen Vendler at the time about poets' last works and how their final works had something revelatory to say about death.