The glittering “Two Women in a Garden” reflects Claude Monet’s breakthrough inquiries into the formal effects of light and color. In the picture, two women read leisurely on the grass. The strongest of the sun’s spring rays permeate the protective web of leaves and sprinkle the women and their surroundings with dapples of pink and white light. [Claude Monet, Two Women in a Garden, c. 1872. Future gift of Wendy and Leonard Goldberg] #Monet #LACMA50