Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man is a 1943 painting by Salvador Dalí. The painting was done during Dalí's stay in the United States from 1940 to 1948. It is said to be one of his most recognizable paintings. It is of a man scrambling out of an egg while an adult woman and child look on. The work is currently on view at the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. It was reproduced on the cover of the record album Newborn by James Gang.