Consumer-graphics collection Est. 2026 · Vancouver

CLIPARCHIVE

A working museum of clip art, 1980s–early 2000s.

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CA-1997-imsi-masterclip-1997-cd01-08687

CLP00492

Retrieved from storage.

The black and white illustration shows a man holding an open book with his left hand while reading it; he is wearing glasses on top of his head and has dark hair that appears to be styled in a slicked-back manner, suggesting middle age. He's dressed casually but smartly enough for the setting depicted here: what seems like a library or study room at nighttime due to the darkness outside visible through windows behind him. The man is standing against an interior wall with some indistinct items on it that could be decorative objects, and there are no other people in

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