W.A.S. BENSON (1854-1924) (WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH BENSON, DIT )Desk lamp forming a hanging lamp. Proof in patinated bronze. The switch forms a ball joint. The tulip brought back in slightly opalescent glass (in the taste of the vaseline glass of James Powell & Sons). Marked with the stamp BENSON. About 1900. H. 28 cm Provenance : Work acquired on January 13, 2003 by the current owner from the Gallery Patrick Serraire in Paris for a fitting directed in large part by François-Joseph Graf .