1988 Hardcover

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  Richard Kaufman

  Author

• Publisher:
  • Alan Greenberg
  • Richard Kaufman
• Contributor:
  • Dr. Hiroshi Sawa

FOREWORD: I feel very honored for being asked to state a few words as an introduction to this book. To me, Sawa is the epitome of what a truly great practitioner of the magical art should be. His plots and effects are genuinely poetic. His unseen and unsuspected sleights blend beautifully and artistically to create a faultless illusion. Words really cannot do justice to some of the delightful surprises that occur during one of his exhibitions. Originality tingles from his fingertips and he present these magical moments in a most fascinating fashion. I greatly regret that in my early days I never had an opportunity to watch such a superlative artist perform. Please consider yourself very fortunate to have this genius in the art pass on to you some of his cherished secrets. Long may he live and continue to contribute his diabolically ingenious inventions. Dai Vernon, Hollywood, California.