Ziggy Gruber, Texas "Deli Man"

Ziggy Gruber

This is my portrait of Ziggy Gruber, the chef/owner of Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen in Houston, Texas. The art was created for for Pakn Treger, the magazine of the Yiddish Book Center, art-directed by Alexander Isley
http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org

"Deli Man", art direction by Alexander Isley

Steven Heller on the design of Pakn Treger for The Atlantic:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/07/redesigning-the-past-a-magazine-helps-save-a-dying-language/242291/