CB Hoyo (Cuban-American) Yes You Could Have Also Made This

CB Hoyo (Cuban-American)
Yes You Could Have Also Made This

Artist: CB Hoyo (Cuban-American)
Medium: Multi-layer silkscreen on hahnemuhle paper 310g
Dimensions: 21.5 x 17 x2 cm
Edition: 257 — this example: 213/257
Signature: Signed by the artist lower right, printed by alberto serighelli printers.
Condition: Excellent — framed with museum glass since purchase
Framed : Framed (white frame with museum glass, as shown)

Description:

Yes You Could Have Also Made This, But You Didn't is CB Hoyo's most celebrated and conceptually precise work — a piece whose title is also its entire argument, and whose argument is also a joke, and whose joke is also a serious proposition about authorship, originality, and the nature of artistic value. The text, rendered in multicoloured marker on a sheet of ruled notebook paper in the rounded handwriting of a child or someone deliberately channelling one, reads: "YES YOU COULD HAVE ALSO MADE THIS. BUT YOU DIDN'T." Above it, in smaller pencil script, a repeated line — a frustrated annotation, half-visible, half-legible — adds a further layer of private feeling to the public declaration.

The work belongs to a long tradition of conceptual art that interrogates the relationship between idea and execution — from Duchamp's readymades to Warhol's commercial imagery to Martin Creed's lights going on and off — but Hoyo's version has something those precedents sometimes lack: genuine humour, and a warmth that disarms the theoretical conceit before it can become pompous. Yes, you could have made this. The notebook paper, the markers, the ruled lines — none of it is technically demanding. But you didn't. And there it is, framed, in a gallery, numbered 213 of 257, signed. The gap between the possible and the actual is where art lives.

Numbered 213/257 and signed by the artist lower right, this example was acquired directly from CB Hoyo and has been framed with museum glass since purchase — preserving the work in excellent condition and presenting it as the artist intended.

king it a significant acquisition for collectors of cutting-edge contemporary art.

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✔ Worldwide shipping from France
✔ Professional packaging with insurance
✔ Tracking number included for secure delivery

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FAQ

Is this an original CB Hoyo work?
Yes — an original work on ruled notebook paper, signed and numbered by the artist from an edition of 257, acquired directly from CB Hoyo.

What is the edition size?
257 impressions — this example is numbered 213/257.

What is the provenance?
Acquired directly from the artist — the most direct provenance possible.

Is the work framed?
Yes — framed with museum glass since purchase, in excellent condition, as shown.

What condition is the work in?
Excellent — framed with museum-grade glass immediately after purchase and maintained in that condition.

Do you ship internationally?
Yes — worldwide, with museum-grade packaging for framed works, full insurance, and shipment tracking.