Irene Schawinsky (1903-1990) and Origami as a tool of teaching. She was a Bauhaus student and wife of Alexander “Xanti” Schawinsky. She taught this model ca.1937-1938 at the Black Mountain College, where she worked with Josef Albers and was the head of the art department.
Image is from the book Paper Sculpture: Its Construction & Uses for Display & Decoration by Paul McPharlin [New York: Marquardt & Company, Incorporated, 1944].
Design is fine. History is mine. 