Person

65 entries in Illusions / Vanish / Person
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
John Henry Pepper, Thomas Tobin The Cabinet of Proteus mirrors, for vanish, transformation, ...
 		1876 Modern Magic 475
Buatier de Kolta The Vanishing Lady de Kolta chair
 		1890 More Magic 448
Unknown Die verschwindende Dame "Eins-Zwei-Drei", person suspended on a chair behind a glass sheet vanishes
 		Jan. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 1) 10
Unknown Das Crematorium oder Das Verbrennen einer lebenden Dame woman stands on table, cloth tube lowered, smoke comes out, only bones remain when cloth is lifted
Related to Mar. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 3) 45
Unknown Das Crematorium oder Das Verbrennen einer lebenden Dame second part of description with the method, mirror triangle under table
Related to Apr. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 4) 62
Unknown Das Crematorium oder Das Verbrennen einer lebenden Dame third and final part of description, making the smoke appear and a smell is produced in the audience
Related to June 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 6) 85
Carl Willmann Das Verschwinden einer Person in front of a door in living room performances
 		Aug. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 8) 125
Unknown Die auf dem Tablett verschwindende Person in front of a door in living room performances, paper boxes cover person before the vanish
 		Sep. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 9) 141
Unknown Die vom Stuhl verschwindende Dame Buatier de Kolta chair
Related to Jan. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1) 15
Unknown Die vom Stuhl verschwindende Dame continuation of explanation
Related to Feb. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 2) 29
Unknown Die vom Stuhl verschwindende Dame continuation of explanation
Related to Mar. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3) 45
Unknown Die vom Stuhl verschwindende Dame person vanishes from chair, different construction of chair
Related to Apr. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 4) 51
Unknown Die vom Stuhl verschwindende Dame continuation of explanation
Related to May 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 5) 67
Unknown Die vom Stuhl verschwindende Dame final part
Related to June 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 6) 82
Unknown Die Verschwindungskiste person appears or vanishes from paper carton
 		Aug. 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 12) 191
Unknown Das unerklärliche Verschwinden eines lebenden Pferdes samt Stallknecht "Die schwarze Kunst oder orientalische Zauberei"
horse and person vanish
 		Feb. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 6) 89
Unknown Amadriade large mirror with glass board in front of it, woman steps on board and covered with paravant, she vanishes
 		Sep. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 3) 45
Michaelis Hermann Bungalow girl in container on stage, with curtain around her but one meter above ground, surrounded by spectators, curtain drops and she vanishes and reappears in audience
 		July 1898 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 7) 105
Carl Willmann Vorbereitung zum Ball woman vanishes in front of a mirror behind Spanish paravent
Related to Aug. 1898 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 8) 124
Carl Willmann Vorbereitung zum Ball second part
Related to Sep. 1898 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 9) 140
Fred. "St. Germain" Gaudy Das Verbrennen einer Person aus dem Publikum person "burnt" on stage
 		Feb. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 2) 28
Carl Willmann Mysteriöse Kofferkunststücke I. person steps into large suitcase which is bound, vanishes and reappears in audience
Inspired by
  • "Der Wunderkoffer" (Willmann's Moderne Wunder, p. 98)
 May 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 5) 76
Carl Willmann Mysteriöse Kofferkunststücke II. different suitcase design
 		June 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 6) 92
Unknown Mysterieuse Kofferkunststücke III. vanish from wooden box
 		July 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 7) 109
Unknown Mysterieuse Kofferkunststücke IV. another wooden box from which person can vanish/escape
 		Aug. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 8) 125
Unknown Mysterieuse Kofferkunststücke V. another suitcase from which person can vanish/escape
 		Sep. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 9) 141
Unknown Mysterieuse Kofferkunststücke VI. large box with sliding top, coffin shaped
 		Oct. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 10) 155
Unknown Mysterieuse Kofferkunststücke VIII. wooden box with secret opening
 		Dec. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 12) 188
Unknown Mysterieuse Kofferkunststücke IX. another suitcase for a vanish
 		Jan. 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 1) 13
Lu Brent Just a Shadow Performer stands behind a lit screen to cast a shadow, the Devil comes on stage to peel off the shadow, performer then disappears, Devil shown to be the performer (no method given, only the presentation)
 		1932 Novel Magic 41
Lu Brent Jealousy of Time Performer gets into a big drum that is designed like a giant alarm clock. Person enters to destroy the clock to find performer has vanished, and the second person is shown to be the performer (no detailed method given, only the presentation)
 		1932 Novel Magic 42
Unknown Burning a Woman Alive skeleton remains
 		1938 Greater Magic 961
David Devant The Ghost
1938 Greater Magic 975
Horace Goldin Gaglet Department
  • on routining a fishbowl production/vanish (Goldin)
  • person vanish in cabinet bit
 		1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 16) 66
Unknown Line Up! twelve men appear in a cabinet, then a girl vanishes from that cabinet
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 27) 114
Syl Reilly A Ghost Show Routine black art, luminous paint, skeletons appear and dance
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 412
U. F. Grant The Phantom Stage Carpenter vanishing carpenter, with gag intro in which explanation of trick cannot be heard because of loud banging noice
 		May 1949 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 8) 8
Dr. Robert Hubert Hoops and Girl person vanishes in hula hoop rings, rings always moving
Also published here
  • "The Linking Ring"
 1955 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955) 36
Leonard Austin Chest of Wah Ling performer with mask steps into box, performer is found at the other end of theater and assistant is inside box
 		1956 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956) 29
Unknown The Phantom Black Art Platform
1972 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7 324
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg The Cremation Illusion assistant is burnt in a cabinet and skeleton can be seen, then assistant appears somewhere else
 		1973 The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs 219
Rudy Roxo The Follies Girl Illusion box with light and silhouette is seen, girl vanishes
 		1974 The Conjurors' Book of Stage Illusions 27
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Mystery of the 7 Stones oriental torture cage, person vanishes
 		1974 The Conjurors' Book of Stage Illusions 50
Felix Korim East Indian Rope Trick stage version, boy vanishes
 		1974 The Conjurors' Book of Stage Illusions 53
Harry Blackstone The Girl and the Ladder girl vanishes on a ladder behind a big umbrealla
 		1974 The Conjurors' Book of Stage Illusions 65
Felix Korim Cloak of Invisibility girl disappears under cloak
 		1974 The Conjurors' Book of Stage Illusions 67
Unknown The Indian Basket Illusion person vanishes and appears in basket, sword is pushed through basket
 		1976 The Big Book of Magic 281
Karl Fulves Ring Of Beauty idea for illusion in which a ring dropped over a person makes her vanish, no method
 		1980 Interlocutor (Issue 42) 166
Theo "Okito" Bamberg The Couch Illusion vanish of a person, laid on couch and covered with handkerchief, then person is lifted into the air and vanishes
 		1982 Further Classic Magic With Apparatus 23
John Kennedy Gone! The $100 Challenge effect idea for vanish of a person
 		1987 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 11&12) 29
Unknown A Hypnotic Vanishing comedy
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 300
Unknown An Unexpected Vanishing comedy vanish of person
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 303
Unknown The Phantom of the Circus "pantomime illusion", acted as a little play with people vanishing and travelling in boxes
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 311
Unknown The Chinaman, the Ghost, and the Cat "pantomime illusion", acted as a little play with people vanishing and travelling in boxes
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 329
Paul Harris Tunnel Vision performer vanishes, for one spectator only, just an idea
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Conversations from the Edge) 303
Paul Harris The Nowhere Man giving the spectator the feeling that he is invisible, x-1 stooges
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Conversations from the Edge) 319
Dondrake The Hindu Rope Trick Rope levitates out of basket, boy climbs up, disappears in smoke, rope falls down
 		1998 Black Art Breakthroughs 25
Dondrake Floating Into and Out of the Body Girl levitates, gets absorbed into magician's body, then comes out of his body before floating down
 		1998 Black Art Breakthroughs 27
The Future of Magic, Ken and James The Broken and Restored Heart Girl vanishes behind newspaper, newspaper torn and restored, girl appears again
 		1998 Black Art Breakthroughs 43
Hen Fetsch Der schwebende Magier Asra presentation
 		1998 Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 1) 28
Karl Fulves Multi Lev "Problems"
three people levitate under cloak and vanish, posed as a problem
 		2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6) 211
David Berglas The Beach in South Africa performer put in coffin and is then sunken into the sea, when the coffin is opened again, the performer has vanished and at its place a baby shark is found
 		2002 The Mind & Magic of David Berglas 147
Al Baker The Weigh of All Flesh "A Pantomimic Plot for the Vanishing Girl"
 		2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines) 661
Jim Steinmeyer The Language of Illusion: The Invisible Man on Robert Harbin's "The Invisible Man"
 		Jan. 2008 Genii (Vol. 71 No. 1) 42
Johnny Thompson The JT Asrah performed on large glass sheet
Inspired by
  • "The Flight of Venus" (Harry Houdini, Houdini's Escapes and Magic, Walter Gibson)
 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 189
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