About Bouhon Frères

Established by Édouard Bouhon, the ‘fabricante de bronzes’ had premises at 12 Debelleyme, Paris, and is recorded at the 1878 Paris Exhibition and the Exposition of d’Art Contemporain at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs (Palais des Tuileries, Pavillon de Flore) in 1879. At the 1889 Paris Exhibition, M. Bouhon was a member of the jury. Ownership of Société Bouhon et Cie was transferred by Dame Vve. Bouhon to their sons Thomas and Joseph Bouchon in 1898. Bouhon were awarded a Gold Medal at the 1900 Paris Exhibition where they showed a fireplace with mirror overmantel, in the Louis XV Style, but of entirely original composition and were congratulated for the considerable effort and their entire exhibition, which also included a series of new models of andirons or screens. The auction of the Emile Winter collection included ‘Lot 378: Pair Bronze and Bronze Dore Chenets, and a Fire Screen, Louis XIV Style. Seated bronze figures of male and female fauns, upon leaf-scrolled and shellmolded Baroque plinths in gilded bronze, with lion-paw feet; by Bouhon Freres, Paris. Together with a cartouche-shaped fire screen enriched with female busts and pendent trophy of Love. (Park Bernet Galleries, New York, 15-17 January 1942).

Literature:
Rapports du Jury, international Exposition universelle 1900, Paris, ‘Bronzes, Fonte et Ferronnerie d’Art, Zinc d’Art, etc.’ (Group XV.) p. 486.