Derrière le Miroir (French pronunciation: [dɛʁjɛʁ lə miʁwaʁ], lit.

The opening of the gallery coincides with the end of World War II and the return of a number of exiled artists back to France.

Among them are:[4] Henri-Georges Adam, Pierre Alechinsky, Bacon, Jean Bazaine, Georges Braque, Pol Bury, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Roger Chastel, Eduardo Chillida, Alberto Giacometti, Vassily Kandinsky, Ellsworth Kelly, Fernand Léger, Lindner, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Jacques Monory, Pablo Palazuelo, Paul Rebeyrolle, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Saul Steinberg, Pierre Tal-Coat, Antoni Tàpies, Raoul Ubac, Bram van Velde.

Among the authors publishing essays and poems are (in alphabetical order):[5] Guillaume Apollinaire, Marcel Arland, André Balthazar [fr], Yves Bonnefoy, André du Bouchet, André Breton, Joan Brossa, Jean Cassou, René Char, Pierre Descargues [fr], Jacques Dupin, Georges Duthuit, Frank Elgar [fr], Claude Esteban, Charles Estienne, André Frénaud, Stanislas Fumet [fr], Jean Grenier, Marcel Jouhandeau, Jacques Kober [fr], Michel Leiris, Georges Limbour, Henri Maldiney [fr], Jean Paulhan, Gaëtan Picon, Francis Ponge, Jacques Prévert, Raymond Queneau, Pierre Reverdy, Michel Seuphor, Jean Tardieu, Lionello Venturi, Pierre Volboudt, Christian Zervos.

This special 112-pages issue was named "Hommage à Aimé et Marguerite Maeght" and was intended to be the last one.