2026 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction117 / 136  •  View Catalog  •   • 

Frank Schoonover (1877 – 1972)
The Spirit of Enchantment Was in the Place (1907)
oil on canvas
36 × 24 inches
44 × 32 × 1.5 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower right

The Spirit of Enchantment Was in the Place is recorded in the Frank Schoonover Catalogue Raisonné as reference number 298.

PROVENANCE
Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, New York, 1954
The Cooper Union Green Camp, Ringwood, New Jersey, 1973
LaRoy Blum, New York, New York
Present owner, by descent

LITERATURE
Henry Van Dyke, “Between the Lupin and the Laurel.” Scribner’s Magazine, vol. XLI, no. 6, June 1907, frontispiece, illustrated
Frank E. Schoonover Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I, Oak Knoll Press, 2009, p. 151, illustrated

Frank Schoonover

1877 – 1972

The Spirit of Enchantment Was in the Place (1907)
oil on canvas
36 × 24 inches
44 × 32 × 1.5 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower right
$20,000 – 30,000
Condition ReportSurface is in good condition. Thin horizontal line of inpainting in trees below canoe.

Important Notice: Statements of condition are provided as a service to potential bidders and reflect educated opinions, not facts. All painting frames are sold “as is.” The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions.