Serenity in the City

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Designer Victoria Hagan aimed for "understated elegance" for a couple's Manhattan apartment. Hans Hofmann's 1959 painting Heraldic Call is in the hall; to the right, in the living room, is Au Bob Coin by Paul Strand. Low table, Holly Hunt. Clarence House sofa and chair fabrics.

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"The apartment looks best at dusk," says Hagan, who used soft colors throughout. The photograph, Gustave Le Gray's La Montagne d'Agde, Vue de Sete , from the 1850s, was placed to echo the living room's view of the Central Park Reservoir. Manuel Canovas drapery wool.

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Hagan selected 17th-century-Spanish-style oak-and-leather chairs, from Amy Perlin Antiques, for the dining room. The oil is Milton Avery's 1961 Rushing Sea ; the photograph is Palladian Window, Maine , 1945, by Paul Strand. Reymer-Jourdan iron tripod lamp.

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The study is more boldly hued, with a sofa covered in evergreen wool, by Manuel Canovas, and a 19th-century rug, from Doris Leslie Blau. The photogravures are from Alfred Stieglitz's Camera Works . The 1940s-style leather lamps are from Reymer-Jourdan.

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"The light, monochromatic tones used in the master bedroom make it a serene retreat from the city," notes the designer. The drawing above the bed is an untitled 1964 work by Cy Twombly. The headboard is upholstered in a Holly Hunt cotton-and-linen fabric. Stark carpet.