The Bust of Victor Hugo is an 1883 patinated plaster sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin of the Romantic writer Victor Hugo.

In 1883 the journalist Edmond Bazire advised Rodin to cement his reputation by producing a portrait of a notable personality.

However, he did invite Rodin to stand in the porch of Hugo's house on Avenue d'Eylau in Paris to make additional drawings from a distance whilst Hugo worked in his living room.

[2] Rodin continued to refine the image, producing a second version in 1884 and refining the 1883 work until 1885, around the time of Hugo's death.

Rodin used a larger version of the 1883 work to produce his Monument to Victor Hugo in 1887.