Abstract: An indirect lighting fixture for illuminating a desk top with light reflected from a room ceiling and for close association with the desk side comprises a hollow base extending beneath the desk, a pair of laterally spaced apart hollow support legs connected to the outermost side corners of the base and extending upwardly alongside the desk, and a lamp compartment connected to the upper ends of the legs and extending over the desk top in cantilever fashion above eye level. The lamp compartment which is open at the top but provided with a lens contains a metal halide or high pressure sodium lamp and a reflector for aiming the lamp light directly onto the ceiling for reflection directly down onto the desk top. The base contains relatively heavy electrical ballast components for starting and operating the lamp which also serve to weight the base and stabilize the fixture.