Jes Brinch's Nostalgia Mailbox

Automatic translation from Danish.

This discontinued Danish mailbox is decorated as a work of art by Jes Brinch for the Danish Collection.
The motifs are futuristic nostalgia: robots of the future visiting Danish postal history - from bullet mail, steamship and railway mail to stamps, e-mail and drones. As an artist, Jes Brinch works with the humorous in the clash between past and future, and the absurd that arises when technologies and eras intersect. The mailbox is hand-painted.

Motifs on the mailbox:
Front
• 1815: The bullet post - the iconic mail cart
• 1828: Steamship in the service of the post office
• 1847: Railway mail - the train becomes a new mail engine
Left side:
• 1653: Riding mail / equestrian relay
• Ludvig Holberg writes a letter with a quill pen Back
• 1624: The postal service is founded by Christian IV Right side
• The robot writes an e-mail - the letter is overtaken
• Drone delivers packages - the new postal logic Top
• 1851: The great postal reform - Denmark's first stamp (4 Rigsbankskilling) and the first public mailboxes.

Material: Acrylic paint and varnish on mailbox
Size: The mailbox measures approx. 34 cm in depth, 44.5 cm in width and 78 cm in height and weighs approx. 21 kg

This auction is part of a larger charity auction in favor of Danmarks Indsamling 2026.

All proceeds go directly and uncut to Danmarks Indsamling 2026. Lauritz.com thus donates all fees and charges involved from this auction to the good cause.

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