Black-Eyed Beauty
Subject / model: Gina Bellman
TMR-000544Magazine object
The Face Vol. 2 No. 12
September 1989 · Gina Bellman by John Stoddart · Andy Warhol Hayward guide / Rap’s New Generation / Signal to Noise Part 4
September 1989★ Gold Star object
September 1989 issue of The Face with Gina Bellman on the cover, tied directly to Dennis Potter's Blackeyes. The issue is unusually rich in cross-cultural evidence: a UK-only official Andy Warhol Hayward Gallery retrospective guide/reduced-entry promotion, 'Rap's New Generation' featuring A Tribe Called Quest and Digital Underground before their debut albums, Soul II Soul, Jürgen Teller fashion photography, and Part Four of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's Signal to Noise in its original Face serialisation.
Read the catalogue note →- Publication
- The Face
- Condition
- Very Good− appearance from supplied views.
- Completeness
- Main magazine appears intact from the supplied front, rear and contents views, but has not been page-by-page collated. The physical contents explicitly states that UK editions included a 12-page Andy Warhol retrospective supplement/official Hayward Gallery guide. That supplement is not shown in the supplied photographs, so its presence or absence in this copy remains unverified; the object is not being marked incomplete on that basis.
- Date
- September 1989
Object record
Catalogue note
September 1989 issue of The Face with Gina Bellman on the cover, tied directly to Dennis Potter's Blackeyes. The issue is unusually rich in cross-cultural evidence: a UK-only official Andy Warhol Hayward Gallery retrospective guide/reduced-entry promotion, 'Rap's New Generation' featuring A Tribe Called Quest and Digital Underground before their debut albums, Soul II Soul, Jürgen Teller fashion photography, and Part Four of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's Signal to Noise in its original Face serialisation.
Why this object matters
The original Signal to Noise chapter and pre-debut rap coverage substantiate Gold independently of the Warhol guide. Reduce to 9.1 while keeping the UK-only supplement’s presence unresolved; it cannot be treated as verified physical evidence in this copy.
Evidence limits: Main magazine appears intact from the supplied front, rear and contents views, but has not been page-by-page collated. The physical contents explicitly states that UK editions included a 12-page Andy Warhol retrospective supplement/official Hayward Gallery guide. That supplement is not shown in the supplied photographs, so its presence or absence in this copy remains unverified; the object is not being marked incomplete on that basis.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9.1 / 10 · Gold Star.
This is a curatorial judgement, not a measurement accurate to one tenth or a market valuation. Read the explanation and its evidence limits together.
How Archive Importance is assessed →Inside this issue
8 selected entries checked against the photographed contents and credits. This is a partial index; page numbers are printed references, not a physical collation.
View the source photograph ↗ · Reviewed 2026-09-11
Brother from Another Planet
Sun Ra.
Soul II Soul
The Blue Nile
Rap’s New Generation
A Tribe Called Quest and Digital Underground.
Eastern Promise
Photography: Jürgen Teller · Styling: Lorina Crossland
The contents prints the photographer’s name as Juergen Teller.
Signal to Noise — Part 4: Deconstruction
Creation: Neil Gaiman · Creation: Dave McKean
Andy Warhol retrospective supplement
The editorial announces a 12-page Hayward Gallery guide in UK editions. Its presence in this copy has not been verified.
Research around this object
- Checking the Warhol supplement — Why an announcement and the completeness of an individual copy are different kinds of evidence.
- Finding Signal to Noise inside The Face — Four contents pages provide a route into a graphic narrative published among fashion, music and club culture.
- Signal to Noise: from Prelude to Conclusion — A seven-issue reading sequence through The Face, June–December 1989, with printed page references and evidence limits.
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Recorded contributions · 4
- Gina BellmanSubject / modelSource verified
Black-Eyed Beauty (p. 38). Contents page — The Face Vol. 2 No. 12
Find other objects with this contribution → - Jürgen TellerPhotographySource verified
Eastern Promise (p. 86). The contents prints the photographer’s name as Juergen Teller. Contents page — The Face Vol. 2 No. 12
Find other objects with this contribution → - Neil GaimanCreationSource verified
Signal to Noise — Part 4: Deconstruction (p. 120). Contents page — The Face Vol. 2 No. 12
Find other objects with this contribution → - Dave McKeanCreationSource verified
Signal to Noise — Part 4: Deconstruction (p. 120). Contents page — The Face Vol. 2 No. 12
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