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[[Jose de la Torre]] performs as "Grandini". He was Professor of Architecture at Havana University and later practiced in New York.
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'''Jose de la Torre''' (1932-2012), who performed as "Grandini", was Professor of Architecture at Havana University and later practiced in New York. He published books under the name '''Jose's Studio'''.
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== Biography ==
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He would became an American citizen and was big on the magic scene in the 1970's.<ref>http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=265914</ref>
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==Marketed Tricks==
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*Jose's Kolorfusing (1975)
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*The Smash Climax (1975)
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*Color Changing Knives...And More (1976)
  
 
== Books ==
 
== Books ==
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* Ascanio's World of Magic
 
*[[Magicana Of Havana]] (1975)
 
*[[Magicana Of Havana]] (1975)
*New Jumping Back (1976)
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*[[New Jumping Back]] (1976)
*Color Changing Knives...And More (1976)
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*[[Real Magic]] (1978)
*Real Magic (1978)
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* Joker Poker
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*[[Ascanio's World of Knives]] (1975). Translation of Navajas y Daltonismo By Arturo de Ascanio (1958)
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{{References}}
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* M-U-M, Vol. 61, No. 4, September 1971, GRANDINI AND HIS TROPHIES by John Zweers, page 12
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* The New Tops, Vol. 18, No. 3, March 1978, COVER PORTRAIT... Jose de la Torre (Autobiography), page 8
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* The Linking Rings, Vol. 92. No. 7, July 2012, Broken Wand, Jose M. de la Torre, page 112
  
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Revision as of 12:34, 16 January 2016

Jose de la Torre
BornJose Maria de la Torre
July 28, 1932
Cuba
DiedMay 4, 2012 (age 79)
Spain
NationalityCuban
CategoriesBooks by Jose de la Torre

Jose de la Torre (1932-2012), who performed as "Grandini", was Professor of Architecture at Havana University and later practiced in New York. He published books under the name Jose's Studio.

Biography

He would became an American citizen and was big on the magic scene in the 1970's.[1]


Marketed Tricks

  • Jose's Kolorfusing (1975)
  • The Smash Climax (1975)
  • Color Changing Knives...And More (1976)

Books

References

  1. http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=265914
  • M-U-M, Vol. 61, No. 4, September 1971, GRANDINI AND HIS TROPHIES by John Zweers, page 12
  • The New Tops, Vol. 18, No. 3, March 1978, COVER PORTRAIT... Jose de la Torre (Autobiography), page 8
  • The Linking Rings, Vol. 92. No. 7, July 2012, Broken Wand, Jose M. de la Torre, page 112